Arbitrary Arrests News Today

The petition of the detained professors was presented to the House Committee on Public Petitions by a legal firm.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs is credited with slashing homicide rates and restoring security and dignity to citizens of what was once one of the world's most dangerous countries. One lives in fear," she said of life in Bukele's El Salvador.

South Asia News: KABUL: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it was deeply concerned by recent arbitrary arrests and detentions by the Taliban gover.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has been accused of widespread human rights violations, and he’s rigged the courts to allow him to run illegally for reelection. What better time to host Miss Universe?

It is ironic and disillusioning that the 75th anniversary of Human Rights Day comes at a time when the human rights record all over the globe is abysmal.

Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to "eliminate competition" ahead of general elections, including arresting almost 10,000 activists, Human Rights Watch said Monday."Bangladesh authorities are carrying out mass arrests of political opposition in a clear attempt to quash the opposition and eliminate competition ahead of the general elections", HRW said.

‘There is no freedom at all,’ says one person. Many of those arrested were first doxxed by junta supporters.

When he appeared in court in Venezuela on charges of conspiring against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, John Alvarez told the judge that police officers had applied electric shocks to his genitals, ribs and knees and hit him with a bat to extract "a confession."A UN observer mission accused the Maduro government of "selective repression" against its adversaries, with the police acting as one of its enforcement arms.

Taliban fighters have committed hundreds of extrajudicial killings since taking power in Afghanistan in 2021, despite a “general amnesty” meant to protect the previous government, according to the United Nations.

To court the main issue was whether a hospital can lawfully detain a patient who has defaulted to clear hospital bills